Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-12-22
tracts necessary to carry out the pur-
poses of its ORGANIZATION.

tracts necessary to carry out the pur
poses Of its organization.
5. 1t shall be the duty of III
! state committee to hold q conferenc
with the railroad authorities of III
different systems of railroads kavin,
connections into the state of Texas, an
with the authorities Of railway companie
operating in the stste of Texas, to til
end that the best possible rates may b.
obtained for prospectors, excursionist
and immigrants into and through Texa
in every direction. 1t snail fur
Their be the duty OF said com
mittee, IS soon as may be prac'icabl,
after said railroad conferences, to subml
an address through such channels
SIS said committee may deem bes
to the people of Texas, which ad-
dress shall embrace report Of the con
I ference OF said committee with the rail
rosd authorities, and shall also embrace
plan for local organizations for immi-
| grafton purposes throughout the state
and the ways and means of raising the
necessary funds to sd ertise the resources
and advantages Of the state to the world
TO the end that every county in the state
contributing to the immigration fund
shall receive it's equitable share In ell ad-
vertisements, statistical reports or other
printed matter published by or with the
authority of said committee.
1t Is the purpose of this organization
| to induce by truthful representation OF
| the advantages and resources of Texas,
| the investment of capital in the state and
the immigration to the state of all law
abiding people who may be seeking new
homes, and it shall be the duty of said
committee TO do everything that may be
necessary to accomplish said purposes
The details as to how the objects Of this
committee as above expressed shall be &C.
complished and entrusted to said COM
mittee.
This is not intended to preclude any
district, county or other subdivision of
t; rrttoTy from advertising it's resources
to any extent it may deem proper.
We respectfully suggest that the i'm
portance OF this movement requires that
the work Of the committee shall COM
mence at once and to the end that there
may be no delsy We suggest that each
senatorial district pay over at once to the
representative selected by such senatorial
district on said state committee the sum
of 500 to constitute fund for said COM
mittee until funds can be raised through
the county organizations.
". l.. MOODY, Chairman.
The report was received with applause
and its second reading WAS called for
when it was put to vote and adopted
with only one dissenting voice.
Chairman Maxey vacated the chair,
calling Vice President Andrews to pre-
side.
Mr. parIofor of NH ,,oouo6 tho oon~ao
tion tske recess OF fifteen minutes, in
order that the delegations from the sena-
torisl districts might confer sad select q
ms mber OF the permanent committee, as
set forth in the report Of Colonel Moody's
committee, just adopted. The motion
carried snd q recess ta6en.
AFTxR RECESS.
Upon reassembling, and pending the
reports from the senatorial delegations
on committeeman, Hon. j. n Browning
Of Wheeler offered the following, which
was adopted:
Whereas, the great state Of Texas, with
its varied and extraordinary resources,
developed, in process of development and
still undeveloped, with an ocean border
over 500 miles in srea, is without sea-
port OF sufficient magnitude TO properly
accommodate the maritime commerce
necessary to the work of sufficiently de
veloping the grand stretch OF
states and territories whose natural
waterway to the markets Of the world is
the Gulf of Mexico; and whereas,
through this connection the agricultural
end pastoral interest OF the state have
been retarded in q very large degree, and
the matter Of economic ocean trsnsports-
tion burdened at the expense Of the pro-
ducers Of section OF country greater in
extent than ali the rest CT the United
States put together; aud whereas,
the cotton growers Of Tex.s
have borne their share of
the burdens which the lack of
a proper seaport has indicted upon the
people OF the state, yet the greatest of all
infections through this condition has
fallen upon the cattle interests Of the
state and in an eminent degree Likewise
upon the grain growers of Texas; and,
whereas, the efforts of the general gov
eminent through the recommendations of
the Board of United States Engineers
for many years psst to give deep water
seaport to Texas have been
defeated by system of desultory action
and scattering methods, resulting in
waste of mems and failure in the accom-
plishment of any substantial good; there
tore, be it
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
convention, called together for the pur-
pose Of devising ways and means to best
make known the resources OF the great
state Of Texas and to induce
thereto honest labor and hon.
est energy, and IS q correl-
alive branch of the purpose Of this con-
vention; that the Texas delegation in
Cor gress be urgently requested to unite
their efforts in that body for the purpose
Of receiving deep water on the Texas
coast; that point to be the most available
according to the best lights before them
and according to their best judgment,
but to unite in common, practical way
TO attain the desirable end heretofore de-
feated by desultory action and scattering
methods.
Resolved, that it is the sense of this
that the end herein sought
will best bs attained by concentrating
upon one point, demonstrating the prac-
tlcability OF the methods employed, giving
to the state deep-water seaport and
paving the way for ether seaports on the
Texas border as necessity and develop.